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UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS 



Chapter 292, Laws of 1913 

All act to amend the Education Law, relative to the estahlisliinent 
of schoharships for the aid of students in colleges. 

Became a law April 16, 1913, with the approval of the Governor. Passed 
three-fifths being present 

The People of the State of New York, repiesented in Senate 
and Assembly, do enact as folloivs: 

Section 1 Article 3 of chapter 140 of the Laws of 1910, en- 
titled "An act to amend the Education Law, generally," is hereby 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections, 
to be known as sections 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 and 77, and to 
read as follows : 

§ 70 State scholarships established. 1 State scholarships are 
hereby established in the several counties of the State, to be main- 
tained by the State and awarded as provided by this act. 

2 Five such scholarships shall be awarded each county an- 
nually for each assembly district therein. 

3 Each such scholarship shall entitle the holder thereof to the 
sum of one hundred dollars for each year which he is in attend- 
ance upon an approved college in this State during a period of 
four years, to be paid to or for the benefit of such holder as here- 
inafter provided, and out of a fund which is hereinafter created. 

§ 71 Scholarship fund of the University of the State of New York. 
1 The scholarship fund of the University of the State of Xew 
York is hereby created. Such fund shall consist : 

a Of all money appropriated therefor by the Legislature; 

h Of all money and property hereafter received by the State, 
the Eegents of the University or the Commissioner of Education 
by gift, grant, devise or bequest for the purpose of providing 
funds for the payment of such scholarships and of all income or 
revenue derived from any trust created for such purpose. 

2 Such fund shall be kept separate and distinct from the other 
State funds by the State Treasurer, and payment shall be made 
therefrom to the persons entitled thereto in the same manner as 
from other State funds, except as otherwise provided by this act. 

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3 Whenever any such gift, grant, devise or bequest shall have 
been made or any trust shall have been created for the purpose of 
providing funds for such scholarships, the incomes or revenues de- 
rived therefrom shall be applied in maintaining scholarships in 
addition to those to be maintained by appropriations made by the 
State Legislature, as provided herein, and no part of such income 
or revenue shall be applied for the maintenance of State scholar- 
ships hereinbefore established for each county. Such additional 
scholarships shall be equitably apportioned by the Commissioner 
of Education among the several counties, unless it be provided in 
the will, deed or other instrument making such gift, grant, devise 
or bequest, or creating such trust, that the incomes or revenues 
derived therefrom be applied to the establishment and maintenance 
of additional scholarships in a specified county. 

§ T2 Regents to make rules. The Eegents shall make rules 
governing the award of such scholarships, the issuance and cancel- 
lation of certificates entitling persons to the benefits thereof, the 
use of such scholarships by the persons entitled thereto, and the 
rights and duties of such State scholars, and the colleges wliieli 
they attend, in respect to such scholarships, and providing gener- 
ally for carrying into effect the provisions of this act. Such rules 
shall be in conformity with this act and shall have the force and 
effect of a statute. 

§ 73 List of candidates, award of scholarships. 1 The Com- 
missioner of Education shall cause to be prepared for each county 
of the State, annually, during the month of August, from the rec- 
ords of the Education Department, a list of the names of all 
pupils residing therein who became entitled to college entrance 
diplomas under Regents rules, during the preceding school year. 
Such list shall also show the average standing of the pupils in the 
several subjects on which each of such diplomas was issued. 

2 The Commissioner of Education shall also cause the names of 
all pupils on the foregoing lists of the several counties, who are 
not appointed to scholarships in the county of their residence, to 
be arranged upon a State list in the order of their merit, as shown 
by their average standings on the several county lists, from which 
unclaimed vacant scholarships shall bo filled as hereinafter 
provided. 

3 The scholarships to which each county is entitled shall be 
awarded by the Commissioner of Education annually in the month 
of August to those pupils residing therein who became entitled to 

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college entrance diplomas, under Regents rules, during the pre- 
ceding school year and in the order of their merit as shown by the 
list prepared as provided in subdivision 1 of this section. 

4 In case a pupil who is entitled to a scholarship shall fail to 
apply for such scholarship within thirty days after being notified 
that he is entitled thereto or shall fail to comply with the rules of 
the liegents as to such scholarships and the same shall have been 
revoked or canceled on account thereof, or, if for any other reason 
such scholarship shall become vacant, then the pupil standing next 
highest to those pupils on such list for such county who have re- 
ceived scholarships, shall be entitled to receive appointment to 
such vacant scholarship. 

5 In case a scholarship belonging to a county shall not be 
claimed by a resident of such county or if there be no resident of 
the county entitled to appointment to the vacant scholarship in 
such county, the Commissioner of Education shall fill such 
vacancy by appointing from the State list the person entitled to 
such vacancy as provided in subdivision 2 of this section. 

G The Commissioner of Education shall cause such person en- 
titled to receive appointment to a scholarship to be notified of his 
rights thereto and of his forfeiture of such rights by failure to 
make the application for such scholarship required under section 
74 of this act. 

§ 74 Issuance of scholarship certificate. Upon the application 
of a pupil duly notified of his right to a scholarship, the Commis- 
sioner of Education shall issue to such pupil a scholarship cer- 
tificate. Such application and such certificate shall be in the form 
proscribed by the Commissioner of Education and such certificate 
shall specify the college for which it is valid. Said Commissioner 
may also require such additional statements and information to 
accompany such application as he may deem necessary, 

§ 75 Effect of certificate; payments thereon. The certificate 
issued as provided in the preceding section shall entitle the person 
named therein to receive the sum of one hundred dollars each year 
for a period of four years to aid such person in the completion of 
a college education. Such sum shall be paid by the State Treas- 
urer in two equal payments, one on October 1st and the other on 
March 1st out of the scholarship fund of the University of the 
State of New York, upon the warrant of the Comptroller issued 
with the approval of the Commissioner of Education. Such ap- 
proval shall be given upon vouchers or other evidence showing 
that the person named therein is entitled to receive the sum speci- 



fied, either directly or for his or her benefit. The rules of the 
Regents may prescribe conditions under which payments may be 
made direct to the college attended by the person named in such 
certificate, in behalf and for the benefit of such person. [As 
amended hy chapter 437, Laivs 0/ 1913] 

§ 76 Revocation of scholarship. If a person holding a State 
scholarship shall fail to comply with the rules of the Regents in 
respect to the use of such scholarship, or shall fail to observe the 
rules, regulations or conditions prescribed or imposed by such col- 
lege on students therein, or shall for any reason be expelled or sus- 
pended from such college, or shall absent himself therefrom with- 
out leave, the Commissioner of Education may, upon evidence of 
such fact deemed by him sufficient, make an order under the seal 
of the Education Department revoking such scholarship and there- 
upon such scholarship shall become vacant and the person holding 
such scholarship shall not thereafter be entitled to fvirther pay- 
ment or benefits under the provisions of this act and the vacancy 
caused thereby shall be filled as provided in section 73 of this act. 

§ 77 Limitation as to number of scholarships; courses of study. 
At no time shall there be more than twenty scholarships established 
and maintained for each assembly district and at no time shall 
there be more than three thousand such scholarships so estab- 
lished and maintained for the entire State not including scholar- 
ships maintained from the revenues or income of trust funds, 
or gifts, devises or bequests created or made as provided in this 
act for the maintenance of such scholarships. A person en- 
titled to such scholarship shall not be restricted as to the choice 
of the college which he desires to attend, or the course of study 
which he proposes to pursue; provided that no such scholarship 
shall include professional instruction in law, medicine, dentistry, 
veterinary medicine or theology, except so far as such instruction 
is within a regularly prescribed course of study leading to a de- 
gree other than in the above-named professions ; and provided fur- 
ther, that the college selected by the person entitled to such 
scholarship is situated within the State of ISTew York, and is incor- 
porated as a college and authorized under the laws of this State 
and the rules of the Regents of the University to confer degrees. 

§ 2 This act shall take effect August. 1, 1913. 

REGENTS RULES 
Section 561 Approved colleges. The State scholarships issued 
under sections 70 to 77 of the Education Law shall bo known, 



for distinguishment, as University scholarships, and the colleges 
approved for their use shall be all such institutions in this State, 
authorized to confer degrees, whether specifically named colleges, 
universities, or otherwise, which are registered by the Regents of 
the University as institutions of college grade and as maintaining 
approved standards. 

§ 502 Colleges to furnish information. Colleges in this State shall 
in February and September of each year certify to the Com- 
missioner of Education a list of their pupils who are holders of 
the University scholarships, and shall promptly report to him the 
facts in the case of any such pupil who shall fail to observe the 
rules, regulations or conditions prescribed or imposed by the 
institution on its pupils, or who shall for any reason be expelled 
or suspended, or who shall absent himself without leave. 

§ 563 Service of notifications. JSTotifieation of rights to the 
University scholarships, or forfeitures thereof, may be served 
personally or by registered mail. 

§ 564 Acceptance of vacant scholarships. If a University 
scholarship shall bo declined or resigned, or for any other reason 
shall become vacant, and the pupil next entitled shall not accept 
the same within ten days after notification of his right thereto, it 
shall be deemed to be still vacant. 

§ 565 Payments to colleges. The Commissioner of Education 
may, at any time, direct the payment by the State Treasurer, in 
one sum, to the treasurer of any college, at which holders of the 
University scholarships are in attendance, of the total of the 
instalments then payable to or for such pupils, to be applied for 
the benefit of each, respectively, 

1 So far as needed, to pay for his tuition for the current 
semester. 

2 To reimburse the college for his other indebtedness thereto. 

3 To pay the remainder of his instalment to such pupil, or as 
he shall direct. 

§ 566 Leave of absence. If leave of absence for a period of 
not more than twelve months be granted by the college authorities 
to the holder of a University scholarship for cause deemed satis- 
factory, the holder of the scholarship may retain the same, but the 
period for which the scholarship is good shall not be extended 
beyond the time for which it was originally issued, and no pay- 
ment shall be made for the period for which the student is absent 
on leave. 



THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE DIPLOMA 
The college entrance diploma whicli indicates the completion 
of a four-year high school course is the basis of the award of 
University scholarships. This credential is earned by pupils who 
satisfactorily complete courses in approved secondary schools and 
pass in such schools the Regents examinations in the subjects re- 
quired for the diploma. In the month of August of each year, the 
pupils who completed in the January or June Regents examina- 
tions preceding the requirements for the college entrance diploma 
are ranked in the University scholarship competition. The resi- 
dents of each county in the State who thus become entitled to 
college entrance diplomas are ranked in their order of merit in 
count}^ lists. The number of scholarships to be awarded to pupils 
in each county is equal to five times the nimiber of assembly 
districts therein. After the county awards have been completed, 
a general State list of all those pupils entitled to college entrance 
diplomas who did not secure scholarships in their own counties 
is made up and from such list vacancies existing in counties where 
there are no eligible candidates are filled. Original notice of 
awards of scholarships is given about the last of August by the 
University of the State of JSTew York directly to the successful 
competitors. Each scholarship entitles its holder to $100 a _year 
for a period of four years in an approved college of the State of 
IsTew York, beginning with the opening of the fall college term 
after the award in August. 

Following is the. Regents rule giving the condition's for the col- 
lege entrance diplomas: 

3.S9f College entrance diplomas and certificates. Collogi- t>ntraiioe diplomas, 
which are issued in arts, in science or in engineering, and whose requirements 
are substantially the saute as the entrance requirements of the colleges of the 
State, are designed to guide preparation for and to facilitate admission to col- 
lege and to constitute, in part, the basis for awarding the University scholar- 
ships, and will be given only to pupils of tiie registered secondary schools in 
this State icJio make irriiten application for such diplomas iriUtin the month 
of July in the year of their completion, at the end of any half-year, of a four- 
year course of a])proved study therein, who iiavc cirMcd in Regents fxuniiiia- 
tions the following respectively ])rescril)ed counts: 



College entrance diploma in arts 

Roquirod subjects 00 counts 

KuKJish 

Alpcbru 

Plane KC'onietry 

History 



, 13 counts 

. 7 " 
. 5 " 



Either 



Or 



Four years of Latin 20 counts 

and 
Two years of French or 
Clerman or (Ireek 10 

Tin-ee years of Latin lo " 

and 
Three years of French or 
German or Greek 15 



30 counts 



Fleet ive subjects as follows 10 counts 

An additional year of French or German or Greek or 

Latin 5 " 

Advanced botany 5 

Advanced zoology 5 

Biology 5 " 

Chemistry < 5 

Physics 5 

Physical geography 5 

Two of the following: 5 

Advancefl algebra 

Solid geometrj' 

Plane trigonometry 

Total 70 counts 



10 counti^ 



College entrance diploma in science 

Required subjects (50 counts 

English 13 counts 

Algebra 7 

Plane geometry 5 

History ■ 5 

Three years of Latin or German or French or Spanisli or Italian 15 " 

Two years of a strontl foreign language: 

Latin or German or French or Greek or Spanish or Italian 10 " 



One of the following: . 
Advanced botanj' 
Advanced zoology 
Hiology 
Cheniistry 
IMiysics 
Physical geography 



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10 counts 



Elective subjects as follows 10 counts 

An additional year of French or German or Greek or 

Latin or Spanish or Italian 5 " 

Advanced botany 5 " 

Advanced zoology 5 " 

Biology 5 " 

Chemistry 5 " 

Physics 5 " 

Physical geography 5 " 

Advanced algebra 3 " 

Solid geometry 2 " 

Trigonometry 3 " 

History 5 " 

Drawing — a maximum of 5 " 

Shopwork — a maximum of .... 5 " 

Advanced bookkeeping — a maximum of 5 " 

Shorthand 2 — a maximum of 5 " 

Total 70 counts 

College entrance diploma in engineering 

Required subjects 60 counts 

English 

Algebra 

Plane geometry 

History • 

Three years of Latin or German or French or Spanish or Itahan . . . 

Physics 

One of the following: . . 

Advanced botany 

Advanced zoology 

Biology 

Chemistry 

Physical geography 
Two of the following : 

Advanced algebra 

Solid geometry 

Plane trigonometry 

Elective subjects as follows 10 counts 

An additional year of French or German or Latin or 

Spanish or Italian 5 

Advanced botany 5 " 

Advanced zoology - 5 

Biology 5 II 

Chemistry o 

Physical geography 5 

Advanced algebra 3 

Solid geometry 2 

Trigonometry 3 

History 5 

Drawing — a maximum of 5 " 

Shopwork — a maximum of . . . 5 

Advanced bookeeping — a maximum of 5 " 

Shorthand 2 — a maximum of 5 " 



. 13 counts 

. 7 " 

. 5 " 

. 5 " 

.15 " 

5 " 

5 " 



10 counts 



Total 70 counts 

Persons who, because of not completing the required four-year course of study 
in registered secondary schools in this State, or for any other reason, arc not 
eligible for a college entrance diploma, but who have earned the counts pre- 
scribed therefor, in Regents examinations, may have the measure of their suc- 
cess therein attested by certificates, to be known as college entrance certificates. 

Assistant Commissioner for Secondary Education. 



